Parma, OH Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)

17, Adult Use Cannabis Control; Limitations on Conduct by Individuals, incorporates Ohio's statewide legalization of adult use cannabis into Parma's own code. Division (a) lets an adult use consumer use, possess, transfer without payment, and purchase cannabis within the limits set by division (b)(1): two and one-half ounces in any form other than extract, or fifteen grams of extract. Division (c) shields authorized conduct from arrest or civil penalty. That protection has real limits, however. 19, Ohio's OVI law, or an equivalent municipal ordinance. Division (d)(2) separately bars smoking, vaporizing, or otherwise using a combustible cannabis product while inside a vehicle, motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, bike, watercraft, or aircraft.

11 whenever a consumer exceeds the possession limits in (b)(1), while subdivision (h)(2) makes public consumption, or a passenger's violation of (d)(2), a minor misdemeanor, the lowest tier of criminal offense under Ohio law. Because the section is codified directly into Chapter 620 (Miscellaneous Offenses), Parma police cite it directly rather than relying solely on the state statute, and cases are heard in Parma Municipal Court.